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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Larcospira sexangula Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Larcospira -> Larcospira sexangula
Other pages this level: L. bulbosa, L. lentelliptica, L. moschkovskii, L. oliva, L. quadrangula, L. sexangula, L. teres, L. tetragonicentrum

Larcospira sexangula

Citation: Larcospira sexangula Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.696
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM25
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Cortical shell with spiny surface, four times as long as the hexagonal medullary shell. Perimeter of the lateral plane nearly hexagonal, one and a half times as long as broad, with six rounded corners (two on the poles of the principal axis, four on the poles of two crossed diagonal axes), with three slight ring-like constrictions. One lateral wing of the transverse girdle turns around the other in two to two and a half simple spiral turns.

Size:
Length of the cortical shell 0.24, breadth 0.16; length of the medullary shell 0.06, breadth 0.04.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Larcospira sexangula under the subgeneric name Larcospirema, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]

References:

Haeckel, E (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


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